CRAIG W. KRONENTHAL
Attorney
Craig Kronenthal devotes his practice to the preparation and prosecution
of patent applications in various fields, and especially in the computer and
electronic device areas. Additionally, Craig is actively involved in litigation
and reexamination matters, client counseling, and preparing patentability
and infringement opinions. Craig regularly works with start-ups and
entrepreneurs as well as large, multinational corporations.
Craig has extensive experience in matters related to semiconductors,
antennas, telecommunications, computer networks, data encryption, e-
commerce, and nanotechnology. Craig also has significant experience in
prosecuting and preparing applications for biomedical and mechanical
inventions. Further, Craig has technical experience in the fabrication, measuring, and testing of micro-
resonators and other silicon based microelectromechanical systems for biomedical applications.
Before joining Banner & Witcoff, Craig was a patent examiner at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
(USPTO) for more than two years. As a patent examiner, his primary focus was on image processing
with regards to watermark, biomedical, and object tracking applications. Moreover, Craig obtained
valuable experience through his previous positions at the law firms of IP&T Group LLP in Annandale,
VA, Sughrue Mion, PLLC in Washington, DC, and Christopher & Weisberg, PA in Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
His experiences include conducting prior art searches, drafting patent applications, responding to office
actions, and preparing trademark and patentability opinions.
Craig graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Science degree in
Electrical Engineering and a Certificate of Entrepreneurship. While at Georgia Tech, Craig worked for
the MicroSensors and MicroActuators Group in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. In
addition, Craig earned his Juris Doctorate, cum laude, from the University of Miami School of Law.
During law school, Craig participated in the Health and Elder Law Clinic and was Vice President of the
Intellectual Property Law Society and a member of the University of Miami Business Law Review.
Mr. Kronenthal is admitted to practice before the United States Patent & Trademark Office and
in the State of Virginia. Practice in the District of Columbia is limited to matters and proceedings
before federal courts and agencies.
Office
1100 13th Street, NW
Suite 1200
Washington, DC 20005-4051
T 202.824.3000
F 202.824.3001
[email protected]
Education
B.S. 2004, Georgia Institute of
Technology
J.D. 2009, University of Miami
Bar Admissions
2009, Virginia
Court Admissions
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Practice Areas
Counseling, Opinions & Licensing
Litigation
Patent Post -Issuance Proceedings
Patent Prosecution
Industries
Electrical & Computer Technologies
Internet, E-Commerce & Business
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